Ꞧ
Letter of the Latin alphabet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ꞧ (lowercase ꞧ) is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet letter R, combined with bar diacritic.
| R with oblique stroke | |
|---|---|
| Ꞧ ꞧ | |
| |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | Alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Latvian language |
| History | |
| Time period | pre-1921 |
Usage
It was used in Latvian orthography until 1921,[1] to represent palatalized dental trill /rʲ/. In modern orthography, it was replaced with Ŗ (R with a cedilla), which was later became obsolete since 1946.
Computing codes
The forms are represented in Unicode as:
- U+A7A6 Ꞧ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R WITH OBLIQUE STROKE
- U+A7A7 ꞧ LATIN SMALL LETTER R WITH OBLIQUE STROKE
See also
References
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